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Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

October 8, 2019 – 10:22 am

The American ballet critic, Arlene Croce, described Antony Tudorâ€™s ballet, The Leaves are Fading, as â€śa wistful attempt at a

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alina Cojocaru, Antony Tudor, David Hallberg, Flutter, In Absentia, Jason Kittelberger, Jonathan Goddard, Kim Brandstrup, Natalia Osipova, Pure Dance, Royal Ballet, Sadlers Wells, Six Years Later, The Leaves Are Fading, Valse Triste | Comments (0)

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

April 25, 2015 – 10:37 am

Branco Gaica’s photo of the men in Stephen Baynes’ ballet, 1914, is one of my favourite images on The Australian

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 1914, Akram Khan, Andrew Simmons, Antony Tudor, Australian Ballet, Branco Gaica, Echoing of Trumpets, Gloria, Jiri Kylian, Kenneth MacMillan, Kurt Jooss, Leonide Massine, Les Presages, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Neil Ieremia, New Zealand Dance Company, Rotunda, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Salute, Shona McCullough, Soldier's Mass, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, The Green Table | Comments (0)

A magic carpet ride through 2015

December 31, 2014 – 12:19 pm

I would, if I could, take a magic carpet ride to several continents and at least a dozen theatres to

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alina Cojocaru, American Ballet Theatre, Andrew Simmons, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Ballets Russes, Bangarra Dance Theare, Brigitte LefĂ¨vre, Bye, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Christoher Wheeldon, Crystal Pite, Daniel Geller, David McAllister, Dayna Goldfine, Deborah Brown, DV8 Physical Theatre, Expressions Dance Company, Fille mal Gardee, Francis Rings, Fred Astaire, Frederick Ashton, Frederick Wiseman, Gene Kelly, Greg Horsman, Guilleme Cote, Hofesh Schechter, Hong Kong Ballet, I.B.I.S, In the Upper Room, Jiri Kylian, Life in Progress, Lloyd Newson, Lore, Manon, Mark Morris Dance Group, Mats Ek, Merry Widow, Mozart Dances, Natalie Weir, Neil Ieremia, Paris Opera Ballet, Quintett, Royal Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Malliphant, Salute, Seven Deadly Sins, She Oak, Shostakovitch Trilogy, Sophie Fedorovitch, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Symphonic Variations, The Sleeping Beauty, Turandot, Twyla Tharp, Waangenga Blanco, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Woolf Works | Comments (0)

New Zealand ballet and the Italian Connection

September 15, 2014 – 11:55 am

Thanks to the Encyclopedia of New Zealand I discovered that a 19th-century promoter of Italian immigration pointed out that New

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andrew Simmons, Don Quixote, Ethan Stiefel, Francesco Ventriglia, Gary Harris, Liam Scarlett, MaggioDanza, Neil Ieremia, Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet | Comments (0)

A chemistry lesson by Cojocaru and Kobborg

April 21, 2014 – 12:34 pm

Aristotle thought that the essence of theatrical tragedy is the empathic response of the audience who can feel the agony

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alina Cojocaru, Australian Ballet, English Naational Ballet, Giselle, Kenneth MacMillan, La Bayadere, Manon, Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Sylvie Guillem | Comments (0)

Cojocaru and Kobborg to guest with The Australian Ballet next month

March 3, 2014 – 4:55 am

Before Alina Cojocaru left the Royal Ballet she told me she felt constrained at Covent Garden and found solace as

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alina Cojocaru, Hamburg Ballet, Herman Cornejo, Ismene Brown, John Neumeier, Manon, Monica Mason, National Romanian Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, The Australian Ballet | Comments (0)

Muntagirov quits English National Ballet to become the youngest male principal at the Royal Ballet

January 28, 2014 – 5:22 am

When Wayne Eagling was artistic director of English National Ballet he feared that the young dancer he mentored, Vadim Muntagirov,

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alina Cojocaru, American Ballet Theatre, Anita Singh, Arionel Vargas, Daria Klimentova, Dawid Trzensimiech, Dmitri Gruzdyev, English National Ballet, Kevin McKenzie, Le Corsaire, Royal Ballet, Tamara Rojo, Vadim Muntagirov, Wayne Eagling, Zdenek Konvalina | Comments (1)

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2014 season

October 19, 2013 – 8:53 am

Early next year, Ethan Stiefel, the artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, will take his company back to

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged 28 Variations on a Theme of Paganini, A Christmas Carol, Alina Cojocaru, Allegro Brillante, Andrew Simmons, Antony Tudor, Australian Ballet, Banderillero, Benjamin Millepied, Bier Hallle, Christopher Gable, Coppelia, Daniel Belton, Ethan Stiefel, George Balanchine, Giselle, Javier de Frutos, Kristian Fredrikson, Larry Keigwin, Les Lutins, Lez Brotherston, Little Improvisations, Massimo Mricone, Mattress Suite, Megalopolis, Northern Ballet Theatre, Of Days, Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Satellites, Sergei Polunin, Steven McRae | Comments (0)

Queensland Ballet unveils its 2014 season

September 30, 2013 – 4:03 am

The wow factor in the Queensland Balletâ€™s 2014 season, announced today, is Kenneth MacMillanâ€™s Romeo & Juliet, featuring guest artists

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Ben Stevenson, Bolero, Carlos Acosta, Coppelia, Daniel Gaudiello, Esmeralda Grand Pas de Deux, George Balanchine, Greg Horsman, Kenneth MacMillan, Li Cunxin, Nicolo Fonte, Nils Christe, Nutcracker, Queensland Ballet, Romeo & Juliet, Serenade, Short Dialogues, Steven Heathcote, Steven McRae, Tamara Rojo | Comments (0)

Here’s to 2013, not forgetting the best moments of 2012

December 31, 2012 – 9:12 am

With the Paris Opera Ballet in Sydney in January/February and the Bolshoi Ballet in Brisbane in May/June, 2013 is set

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, Alina Cojocaru, Amber Scott, Aurelie Dupont, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Daria Klimentova, Dunas, English National Ballet, Ethan Stiefel, Ezio Frigerio, Franca Squarcipapino, Francois Klaus, Garry Stewart, Giselle, Hamburg Ballet, Ivan Vasilev, Jiri Kylian, John Neumeier, Larissa McGowan, Li Cunxin, Maria PagĂ©s, Marie-AgnĂ¨s Gillot, Mathieu Ganio, Midsummer Night's Dream, Monument, Natalia Osipova, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Nijinsky, Paris Opera Ballet, Paul Lightfoot, Queensland Ballet, Robyn White, Sergei Polunin, Stephen Baynes, Swan Lake, Sydney Opera House, Sylvie Guillem, Thiago Bordin, Un Ballo, Vadim Muntagirov, Wayne Eagling, West Australian Ballet | Comments (2)

Tag Archives: Johan Kobborg

Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

A magic carpet ride through 2015

New Zealand ballet and the Italian Connection

A chemistry lesson by Cojocaru and Kobborg

Cojocaru and Kobborg to guest with The Australian Ballet next month

Muntagirov quits English National Ballet to become the youngest male principal at the Royal Ballet

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2014 season

Queensland Ballet unveils its 2014 season

Here’s to 2013, not forgetting the best moments of 2012

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